Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMuscicapidae (Papamosques del Vell Món)
- GenusPhoenicurus (True Redstarts)
- SpeciesPhoenicurus phoenicurus (Common Redstart)
The common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), or often simply redstart, is a small passerine bird in the genus Phoenicurus. Like its relatives, it was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family, (Turdidae), but is now known to be an Old World flycatcher (family Muscicapidae). Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Hemis National Park
White-winged Redstart
Phoenicurus erythrogastrus
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochruros
Plumbeous Water Redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosus
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecica
Blue Whistling-Thrush
Myophonus caeruleus
Blue-capped Rock-Thrush
Monticola cinclorhynchus
Siberian Stonechat
Saxicola maurus
Blue Rock-Thrush
Monticola solitarius
White-capped Redstart
Chaimarrornis leucocephalus
Desert Wheatear
Oenanthe deserti
Rufous-bellied Niltava
Niltava sundara
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striata
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Common Redstart at Hemis National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there